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Quadratic Equation

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he's shaking and shouting
threatens to shave his head and
shed the concave up down
curves of his body in its
simplest radical form

god made him negative and
locked him down
"it's only imaginary
no roots or place in nature."

so he tried duct tape and bandages
because they say that fixes everything
like tiles and bones and
miles of stone

it all left red lines parallel to
his wide and angled rib cage
deep grooves that could be measured
on one convoluted grid
of pink and blue
expectations

"i can manage with the vertex.
give me fours or twenty fives or
one damn hundred."

but maybe
he's just have to study
harder.
This poem is about transgenderism.

As a sensitive topic, please comment thoughtfully~
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rednaw's avatar
simple, intense, evocative and penetrating. a beautiful piece, if you don't mind my saying so.